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Appendix 4: List of the main acronyms used within this document
Acronyms have become an unavoidable part of the world of health and social care. Most acronyms stem from central government initiatives, the development of professional language, or from common abbreviation within wider society. This often creates frustration for the lay reader attempting to understand government documents, national and local. In this Programme the convention for tackling this issue is to clarify the meaning of an acronym at its first point of use. For example, Primary Care Trust will have an acronym ‘PCT’ shown in brackets on the first occasion it is employed. Thereafter only the acronym is applied unless the context requires a spelling out of the abbreviation in full. This listing is a summary of the more common acronyms used in this document.
| Acronym | Stands for: |
|---|---|
| ACPC | Area Child Protection Committee |
| BME | Black and Ethnic Minority |
| CMHT | Community Mental Health Team |
| CPA | Corporate Performance Assessment |
| CPD | Continuing Professional Development |
| DAT | Drug Action Team |
| DCC | Devon County Council |
| DH | Department of Health |
| DIS | Delivery & Improvement Statement |
| DP | Direct Payments |
| DTLR | Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions |
| EDT | Emergency Duty Team |
| E-GOV | Electronic Government |
| ESCR | Electronic Social Care Record |
| GLADIS | General Learning and Development Information System |
| HIA | Home Improvement Agency |
| HR | Human Resources |
| IfSC | Information for Social Care |
| IM&T | Information Management and Technology |
| JAT | Joint Agency Team |
| LDP | NHS Local Delivery Plan |
| LIG | Local Implementation Group |
| LPSA | Local Public Service Agreement |
| LSP | Local Strategic Partnership |
| NCSC | National Commission for Care Standards (now subsumed into the CSCI (Commission for Care Standards Inspection)) |
| NSF | National Service Framework |
| ODPM | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
| PAF | Performance Assessment Framework |
| PCT | Primary Care Trust |
| SACS | Strategic & Corporate Services Division |
| SAP | Single Assessment Process |
| SP | Supporting People |
| SSD | Social Services Directorate |
| SSI | Social Services Inspectorate (now subsumed into the CSCI (Commission for Care Standards Inspection)) |
| TCS | Transport Co-ordination Centre |
| TOPSS | Training Organisation for Personal Social Services |